Glossary - Suunto D3 User Manual

9. GLOSSARY

Altitude dive
Apnea
Ascent rate
ASC RATE
Ascent time
DAN
DCI
Decompression illness
Dive series
Dive time
A dive made at an elevation greater than 300 m
[1000 ft] above sea level.
Absence of breathing. Freedivers are apneic throughout the
duration of their dive.
The speed at which the diver ascends toward the surface.
Abbreviation for ascent rate.
The minimum amount of time needed to reach the surface
on a decompression stop dive.
Divers Alert Network.
Abbreviation for decompression illness.
Any of a variety of maladies resulting either directly or
indirectly from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in tis-
sues or body fl uids, as a result of inadequately controlled
decompression. Commonly called "bends" or "DCI".
A group of repetitive dives between which the dive comput-
er indicates some nitrogen loading is present. When nitro-
gen loading reaches zero the dive computer deactivates.
Elapsed time between leaving the surface to descend, and
returning to the surface at the end of a dive.
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